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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 11:39 AM
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i,ve got a 466 with dove-3 heads and i,m having trouble reaching 5,000 rpm. i used the old push rods from the 74 year heads do i need a different type push rod. i replace the pivot ball and a couple of cracked rockers. but i,ve got about lock nuts with cracks in them .where can i but some new locking nuts and do i need a different push rod?

1966 f-100 short bed styleside,466-c6

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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 08:01 PM
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Summit sells the locknuts and I am pretty sure the pushrod lengths are the same. What kind of cam are you running in it? And to add to that intake?
 
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 09:09 AM
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You mean D0VE-C heads? Those require '68-'71 pushrods. In '72 they changed the rocker system, which in turn requires different pushrods.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 11:17 AM
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He also says twice that he has a 466
 
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 11:26 AM
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466 is just a 460 bored .030 over. I know I have one.
 
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